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GUNS BARK FOR HOURS
Another Nazi Raid
Repulsed
PARIS, Apr. 23 (Router)~-~ There has been violent artillery,
fire on the Western Front.
In the River Nied seelor, German artillery shelled communications be- hind the Allied Hnes and brought French guns into action for several hours.
April 24, 1940.
BRITAIN NOT SO DEGENERATE
Warm Defence Of The Empire
By Budapest Paper
Nemzet," discussing the anti-British propaganda that Britain is LONDON, Apr. 23 (Reuter). - In Budapest, the "Magyar degenerate and will go the way of Rome and Byzantium, secks to prove that objectively Britain has always fought for her own almis and Ideals with her own methods and means,
"A people inny be good fighters Without appreciable loss, the British mill-Fleet has decimated its adversary, East of the Moselle, the Germans without being professional attempted to raid a French outpost, tarists," says the paper. A long-By occupying Deranarie and Norway, under cover of a barrage, but French distance runner may be an equally the Belch has closed artillery repulsed them before they good athlete as a sprinter. got anywhere near the outpost.
GIANT WARSHIPS
Extra Strength For British Navy
London, Apr, 23,
Only Partial Succoss
neutral ter-
ritorial waters of which she was the sole beneficiary. The grovest con- sequence was the liberation of the In the "New York Herald-Tribune." Franco-British Fleet to Intervene Walter Lippman, the, famous colum-wherever necessary,
Ger-
mist points out that the hold-up for "By their own action, the Hitler In Scandinavia has caused a mans have turned a really advantage- "change in the diplomatic weather" to us and strategie situation to their Hitler's disadvantage in the European own detriment." capitals,
"It is now clear lint Hitler's stroke
in Scandinavia is a partial but by no
means complete success. He is no
to have Norway without fighting for
. He has suffered irreparable losses his Navy, a circumstance which boural to Impress the Italian and
vies
which British Navy,
In
SAAR DISTRICT BAN DECLARED
LONDON, Apr. 23 (Router).The
Britain's navy is about to be re-in
Saur district, the Rhineland and the of inforced by Ave of the largest, most
western part of the province powerfully armed and, most strongly
Baden were declared barned dis- protected battleships in the world, theory could be given a knock-out German wireless to-night.
trict in an announcement on the intes Hector Bywater. News- Chruntele
dont blow at Scapa Flow because Norway correspondent. naval
Nobody will be allowed to enter These vessels, King George V. Prince Norway, still nearer to the German
rinces so near. has actually gone over to these districts without special mili- whichi will be the most urgent
of Wales, Duke of York, Jellicoe, and air force, and Is tapding an army inary, permission, Beatly are now undergoing trials: Norway."
Bywater states they are the larg est battleships ever built in England
Hitlor Risking All
granted only in
enges..
and are exceeded in size only by The New York "Allanta Constitu- MORE JAPANESE
BOMBINGS
the Libis, Temeraire, and two others tion" ways: "It is the consensus of yel unnamed which are under con-opinion that the rapid acceleration of struction and will displace at least the American production of fighting! 40,000 tons.
planes has forced Hitler to abandon
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" The King George and her four plans for the lung war of attri
CHUNGKING, Apr. 23 (UP)- consorts differ in almost every res-tlon, which he believed he
could pect from any previous British bat-eventually win, and to risk att on raids on Szechuan cities yesterday. Japanese bombers continued their tleship. They
mount 10
14-inch such a daring exploit as the luvaston concentrating their attention mainly guns in two quadruple and one twin of Norway. And there can be turrets, 10 54-inch and many light-doubt that by thus opening up a new on Sulfu, 140 miles er guns. Each will carry three air-jarena of conflict filer gave to the Chungking.
The crult and 1,500 officers and men. British and French navies and armies)
While an unsinkable battleship is best opportunity they still a vision, the King George type had to strike against Germe yet, Chungking, and no air raid alarm
no
of the
correspondent of
says:
Brussels "Siecle."
south-west of
planes Japanese
avoided
was counded in the war-time cuptial. Details of the damage in Suifu are not yet available.
is "There
approaches this ideal more early The military than any earlier vessel.
The percentage of weight entailed one blockade which has completely by under-water defence against for failed, namely the German blockade GEN. SIKORSKI TO
VISIT LONDON
pedo attack is much increased and of Britain. Despite strenuous efforts if the belt and deck armour are in- with various arms, the tonnage de- cluded the total weight of the destroyed is so insignificant that the fensive elements is. 40 per cent. of threat has completely disappeared. LONTION. Apr. 23 (Reuter).- the full displacement of the ship. The relative inaction of German "Reuter's" diplomatic correspondent namely 35,000 tons. This Is belley-submarines during the Norwegian learns that General Viadisin Sikor- ed to be a world record.
crisis proyes that their flotilas have ski, the Polish Prine Minister, is ex- The speed of this class exteeds 30 suffered heavy losses which have pected shortly in London on an knots and steaming endurance is ex-not been made. good."
unofficial visit. pected to be far greater than that
Nazi Fleet Decimated
It is understood that General of their predecessors. Their 14-inch In Berne, the "Gazelle del Sikorski will meet high-ranking off- guns have a high rate of fire with Lausanne" says: "Hitler's Norwegian cers of the R.A.F. to discuss means superior range to the 15-inch guns adventure has suddenly transformed for furthering the co-operation of the of the older battleships and
can the Germans' favourable situation.! British and Polish Air Forces, penetrate thicker urmour.
All five ships were launched in on unusually advanced stage of comple- tion. Their completion will raise the British strength of capital ships to 10, with at least four more bulid- ing-Reuter.
MACKENZIE KING WITH ROOSEVELT
WARM SPRINGS, Georgia, Apr. 23 (Reuter).Mr. Mackenzie King, the Conadian Prime Minister, arrived! here to-day and drove to President Roosevelt's cottage, where the Pre- with a warm sident greeted him hamishike
President Roosevelt Inter informed: the Press that the visit had no poll-j tical significance.
Mr.
Mr.. Mackenzie King and President] Roosevelt are old friends and King visits the President every year. Not Political Visit SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH WARM SPRINGS, Apr. 23 (UP),----! The Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. Mackenzie King, arrived in Warm Springs to-day and immediately con- ferred with President Roosevelt.
The Premler's Secretary, Mr. W. Hosset, declared that no question of! Canadian or American policy was involved in the visit.
"President Roosevelt and Mr. Mac-| kenzie King are very old friends," Mr. Husset sald.
Mr. Mackenzie King refused to be interviewed.
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